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ilousE  Bill. 


HOUSE  OF  REPRESENTATIVES,  December  22,  1863.— Read 

first  and  secoml  times  and  referred  to  Committee  on  Patents.  Dec.  24, 
1863. — lieportod  back  favorably,  placed  on  the  Cnlen^ar  and  ordered 
to  bo  printed. 

[By  Mr.  Dargan.] 


A.   BILL 

To  be  ontitlo.l  An  Act  to  grant  a  special  copyright  to  W.  J.  Hardee 
and  S.  11.  Goetzel,  for  Hardee's  Rifle  and  Infantry  Tactics. 

1  Section  I.   The  Congreits  of  the  Confederate  States  of  Ameiica  do 

2  enact.  That  W.  J.  Hardee,[of  Georgia,  and  S.  11.  Gretzel,  of  Ala- 

3  bama,  or  either  of  them,  are  hereby  empowered  and  authorized  to 

4  enter  and  secure  a  copyright  for  the  work  entitled  "  Hardee's 

5  Rifle  and  Infantry  Tactics,"  for  their  joint  benefit,  in  the  form 

6  nnd  manner  now  required  by  existing  laws  for  securing  copy- 

7  rights,  in  any  District  Court  of  the  Confederate  States  of  Amer- 

8  ica,  and  the  copyright  so  entered  and  secured  shall  be  valid  and 

0  binding  in  all  respects,  in  all  the  courts  of  the  Confederate  States, 

1  Sec.  2.  Br  if  further  enacted,  1'hat  said  copyright  shall  take 

2  eifect  only  from  the  day  of  the  record  thereof  in.the   District 

3  Court,  and  shall  continue  in  force  fourteen  years  from  the  ap- 

4  proval  of  this  act. 


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